---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase civil penalties for commercial driver's license holders and motor carriers."
description: "increase civil penalties for commercial driver's license holders and motor carriers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1036"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1036 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver License", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Motor Vehicles", "Penalty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0622683-8a87-42d4-9fd9-b7d1dc28e1ab"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23989"
source_hash: "f06e67bca8115c22deee1d83151ef5b23e187006682feb6cd64462498254a89d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota HB 1036 (2023) — increase civil penalties for commercial driver's license holders and motor carriers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23989/242483)
2. **1036A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/243325.pdf)
3. **House Transportation Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23989/243957)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23989/248360)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **32–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **58–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-10** First Reading House H.J. 14
- **2023-01-11** Referred to H.J. 24 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2023-01-17** Transportation Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1036A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-17** Transportation Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 3
- **2023-01-19** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 11 H.J. 63
- **2023-01-20** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 78 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2023-02-01** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 10 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 3 S.J. 182
- **2023-02-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 227 `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Signed by the President S.J. 205 `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-07 H.J. 242 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-13** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-13 H.J. 280 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0622683-8a87-42d4-9fd9-b7d1dc28e1ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).